Dawowar Leicester City zuwa League One ba ta kasance cikin lumana ba. Dai-dai a ranar farko, hasara a gida a wasan na biyu, da takaici mai ƙaruwa a tsakanin magoya baya — manaja Russell Martin yanzu yana ƙarƙashin matsin lamba mai tsanani makonni kaɗan bayan fara aikin.
Foxes sun yi dai-dai da Notts County kafin su sha kashi 2-1 a gidansu da hannun Burton Albion. Sakamakon hakan ya ishe kamfanonin caca su rage farashin damar Leicester ta sake faɗawa — a wannan karon zuwa League Two — zuwa 33-1.
Kulob din da ke cikin rudani
Faɗuwar Leicester ta wuce fagen wasa. Masu hannun jari na Thailand, King Power, na neman sayar da kulob din bayan shekaru 16 a mulki, kuma takarda mai shafi takwas ta siyarwa tana yawo don jawo hankalin masu siye. Iyalin Srivaddhanaprabha ba su fitar da wani sanarwa na hukuma ba.
Matsalolin kuɗi na kulob din sun kasance suna taruwa tun 2022, lokacin da kashe kuɗi mai yawa a kasuwar canja wuri ya kasa kai kulob din gasar Turai. Lissafin hisabi ya nuna asarar kusan £100 miliyan a lokacin duka 2021-22 da 2022-23, kuma Leicester an cire musu maki shida saboda take ka'idojin riba da dorewa — hukunci da zai aiwatar a kakar wasa ta 2025-26.
Leicester sun gama kakar Championship ta karshe a matsayi na 23, maki biyar bayan lafiya.
Tarihin Martin a ƙarƙashin bincike
An nada Martin, wanda yake da shekara 40, a watan Yuni da kwangilar shekaru uku, tare da suna a matsayin mai horar da 'yan wasa da ya riga ya raunana. Tun da ya kai Southampton zuwa Premier League ta hanyar play-offs a watan Mayu 2024, ya lashe wasannin ligi biyu kawai gaba ɗaya a Southampton da Rangers — na ƙarshe don kwana 123 kawai kafin a kore shi a watan Oktoba 2025.
Nasararsa ta musamman a Scottish Premiership tare da Rangers ta zo ta hanyar nasarar da aka ci a added time kan Livingston.
A Leicester, falsafar sa ta rike ƙwallon — kulob din ya rike kashi 73 cikin ɗari na ƙwallon a hasarar da suka yi wa Burton — ta raba magoya baya kafin ta ba da 'ya'ya.
"Bai kasance zaɓin da magoya baya suka fi so ba," in ji Lynn Wyeth, memba na Foxes Trust. "Ba mu son wasan ƙwallon 'tippy tappy' musamman. Ba ya aiki idan 'yan wasa ba su iya yin sa ba."
Phil Holloway na Leicester Fan TV ya faɗi cikin gaba: "Ina fargabar cewa wannan ƙungiya ba ta da isa yawan fada don yaƙin League One."
Dan ɗan hasken bege
Martin ya sami wasu dalilai na fata a hasarar 3-1 a Carabao Cup kan Ipswich Town, tare da ƙungiyar ta nuna alamun ci gaba kan abokin hamayyar Premier League.
"Ƙungiyar tana da ƙanana sosai," ya shaida wa BBC Radio Leicester. "Ba mu kasance tare na dogon lokaci ba. Mun sanya 'yan wasa da yawa, an sami canje-canje da yawa. Makamashi a wannan kulob ɗin ya kasance mai wahala sosai na shekaru biyu."
Daga cikin sabbin 'yan wasa akwai Ilari Kangasniemi, mai tsaron gida na Finland mai shekara 19 da tsayin mita 2.01, wanda a kasarsa ake ganin shi a matsayin magajin Sami Hyypia mai yuwuwa. Tallace-tallacen Abdul Fatawu zuwa Ipswich Town da matashi Jeremy Monga mai shekara 17 zuwa Manchester City sun samar da wasu kuɗaɗe, kodayake 'yan wasa da ake biyansu albashi mai yawa daga zamanin Premier League suna ci gaba da kasancewa cikin ƙungiyar.
A ranar Asabar Leicester za su yi tafiya zuwa MK Dons, inda Martin ya fara aikin koyarwarsa. Zai kasance ƙarin gwaji ga mutumin da duk sunansa yanzu yana cikin hatsari.
Shekaru 17 ne suka wuce tun lokacin da Leicester City suka buga a matakin uku na ƙwallon ƙafa na Ingilishi. Shekara goma bayan kammala gasar Premier League ta hada da ƙarshen kusa na UEFA Champions League, nasara a FA Cup, da sauka sau uku — kuma shafi na gaba har yanzu ana rubuta shi.
